Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
A BCSiNESS NAN
T alks Of The Metropolis Of the Great South
West-Businees Better Than Ever and
bright FuIure.

Nest-Businees Better Than Ever and
Bright Future.
Yesterday in CONVEX alton with business
gentleman of the city, who has ben her. for
a number Of years, and always a leading bu'-
mess man, he gave bis opinion on Vic 1ita
from business sandp int. Ia answer TO
question be SAID that he had never seea bn-l-
ness lvelier in the city. All nlrn engaged Ia
legitimate bu-iuess are experiencing decid
ed boom One at all familiar with thorough
business can tell prosp riry whed he SEES IL
The III If customers in retail business e'-
cry week makes it necessary to employ more
clerks The VIII ale business every wee&
finds an i1crea>e of orders by mail and tele-
graph ard ore sending out more men 10 de
yelope certain sections. The city has no"
snch facili les that the entire south vest bave
caught on to the fact that here Is tae place
that goods can be bought at lowest prices
The new railroads viii help Us in reaching
more territory to supply and give better
RATES To our whoie,aling establi- hments.
The jncrf as of business is what makes the
hrsine IS man smile The constant develop
$1,000
bis business will continue to increase ana
that SPREADS over bis face a ricfe r smile
The constant development of our manu-
factoris is another feature that adds an
other feath L TO the Wichita cap. LIS not
the muripticitv Of real estate signs end rel
estate venders and parasites that favorhiy
attract thorough business sensible men who
visit this city. The windy illusions OF
c,acked brain agents who never
had dollar before comlng
to the CITY ana rot an honest dollar yet d"
not Inspire confidence in our hundreds aud
thousand, Of visitors who have been sue
-c>s in life. Ore OF the great drawbacks 10
the city is q bowling mob Of curriers' who
have 10 business but ltculaton, which ty
The way. means to get in any way dollar
I from tue men who aave made the town
business men hey prowl around doing a.
they choose to call it talk for the city.
One would suppose TO hear them talk that
they were q band of city builders and ali
great cities dated their begiphng to their ar
rial The MAJ that WORKS is q man that
I
his vans ''talking WihIt1" is just
the SPECIMEN that makes Wichita pro-
perry high and all the money the,
! have in their pockets come from the men
who enter irto bush es or Iutu residences.
T he business done on any -s,te IN the city
PAYS large per cent on the invesi N. mt il he
is II fur business man, tut the ezra amount
Ii business man has 70 pay for a site because
OF the tleer eye0 specu ator, don't make TIL
site more desirable. AS | WAS gong 20 Say
a moment ago every new Industry added 10
tho city lends desirable force for the deve-
opment OF the city. These are the Thug,
that cau-e our visitors 10 say Wichita il a
boomsr,' that it is Il neat city and talk liz
that Sliain The real estate signs
may be 50 thick that visitor
will have to travel the streets in "A balloon,
but taat would be an obj ctiouuble feature
to the sensible man, buJ If the river banks
showed large variety Of manufactures, then
i would continue ~ grow oespits che sbnoi-
NAL growth OF baIuscl,s 1t takes Il vigor-
Gus animal to support a thousand tape"0rlns
ana prudu' tIyeiess men ~ q 81 y are not, IL
tn -ir influence, unnke that much dreaded
parasite"
NO, The genuine legitimate business in
" icblta is ueetli g NTH great success. A.
1 stated, It Is booming aud that
| fact has always been tho cause
Of The city's phenomenal growth All
vnterpri.e foundation stone for city.
r, Ia. 10, finn Lat
aud the supeTstructure always iolloas L.
other ores if men can get employ menC lii
city hey will live there aud live III resi-
deIces. Just rs many men will I've n II
city as can get be ter employment than al
any othar place. The speculation that fol-
| lows in the wake If bu-ineSs and lives off 1t,
Invariably hur's a clIy; but cities grow,
however. q, spite the tact of SPECTATORS.
0ne re3eemlug feature, however, l.
Itnas business men rarely ever ger
lett, bat history tells of specula-
1ors travelling from hou-e to house.
| s he tall sna ihlcE-wallen business houses
of Wichita that now prociaims i'll u suH o.
IAN voice her true 81 eatness- The MANY
MOI e mat are being completed AMI will be
flied with various eht clpris.s JOIN Ia the
chorus. The many more wh'> walls are
just being fiui he'd, excavations procably
just commenced, can well be pO.Dted 10 with
prIie BY every man in the city. The da u
gr,st of new enterprises being located makes
irm the belief in the continued growing
greatness of the III, trololis These Of
tn, many things of hlch the city can beast
AM make sure good business outlook ror
tie fuLurs"
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